All The Grocer articles in 15 August 2009 – Page 2
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Debbie and Andrew turn Dragons to find new product talent
A 'Dragons' Den' style initiative to discover the next generation of food innovators has been launched by Debbie & Andrew's.The sausage specialist this week began accepting entries from 18 to 24-year-olds for ideas for new food or...
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NewsCan off- licences fight back?
Yes they can, says Peter Cripps. But they will have to raise their games dramatically if they are to claw back share from the supermarkets and start making money again
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Picture This... Holland & Barrett turns intimate massager
Holland & Barrett has started selling sex toys after calling for food and healthcare suppliers to "bombard" it with lines. The chain, which plans to add at least 500 new lines by the end of the year, is selling two types of 'intimate massagers'...
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: Benn should have praised the industry for bogofs reduction
If the prospect of a minister running the country by Blackberry seems frightening, the strangely unthere-thereness of Environment Minister Hilary Benn's appearance this week is surely worse.
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Mars focuses on the big sellers as festive range cut by a third
Mars has slashed the size of its 2009 Christmas confectionery line-up by nearly a third as it focuses efforts on a more "condensed range of big sellers" and NPD in boxed formats.
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Booker course boosts staff butchery skills
Booker will next month begin a second wave of butchery training.The wholesaling giant has already trained more than 40 staff in butchery over the past 12 months as it attempts to address a shortage of butchers in the trade. "Due to the...
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Retail Prices: Fruitful growing conditions bring down produce prices
Summer has brought good news for lovers of fresh produce - retail prices are on their way down. Michael Barker and Richard Ford report
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Comment & Opinion
Geoff Burch Talks Shop: The CTN
This month: the CTN. Retail guru Geoff Burch visist Simon Blendell, who despite lacking retail experience bought a small c-store in March and is now making its restricted space sweat hard. Indeed, he has lessons for more seasoned retailers
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PepsiCo targets kids with new porridge called... Paw Ridge
PepsiCo is hoping to heat up the cereal aisles with a new puntastic porridge aimed specifically at kids.Paw Ridge, which hits shelves next week, comes in Original and Honey flavours and contains oats that have been "milled extra finely"...
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Co-op calls in suppliers to demand lower prices
The Co-operative Group is calling in suppliers to demand price reductions of up to 10% as it moves to consolidate its supply base.In May, the society sent an email to suppliers proposing an improvement in trading terms backdated to 1...
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Profiles
Careers File: Employees' health has a direct impact on productivity
Hurrah, it's holiday time. A fortnight in the sun and reason to cut down on the old waistline before you go. But a holiday should not be the only reason for cutting down on cream cakes.
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Uruguay predicts fall in cattle production
The UK faces further pressure over beef supplies as Uruguayan exports fall. Uruguayan production is expected to fall by 8% during 2009 according to Uruguay's Instituto Nacional de Carnes (INAC), with a further fall anticipated in 2010....
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Champagne houses go for revamp as sales fall
Top Champagne houses are pulling out the stops to revive falling sales with revamped packaging and uplifts in marketing activity.Taittinger is revamping the livery of its entire Cuvée range, while Lanson is launching a new gift pack for...
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Kepak takes the hot sub concept to retail
Kepak is adding a hot subs range to its Rustlers fast food portfolio to tap into consumer demand for subway sandwich snacks.Rustlers Hot Subs, available from next month, come in two variants; southern fried chicken with creamy mayo, and...
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NewsCritical Eye... on the gazpacho gestapo and medicated pudding
I like to pretend I cook from scratch every day. So apart from an expensive M&S prepared salads habit that I refuse to give up (even if I do have to whip out the credit card), I generally don't spend extortionate amounts on food, and certainly...
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Comment & Opinion
Second Opinion: The crops stolen from Palestine
Produce grown by Israel on illegally occupied territory should be shunned, says Joanna Blythman
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Micro pear makes its M&S debut
M&S has taken a less-is-more approach to fresh produce retailing by launching one of the world's smallest pears.The Bambinella pears are just 25mm to 45mm wide and no bigger than a large cherry. They have never previously been sold...
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TJ Morris devises novel plan to nab shoplifters
TJ Morris, the company behind Home Bargains, is tackling shop theft by displaying images of suspected shoplifters in its stores and on its website.Shop theft costs TJ Morris an estimated £6m a year and the discounter, which has 190...
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Comment & OpinionOur man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Saturday Essay: Elections herald a new era in EU food policy
The way obesity is tackled could change dramatically in the wake of European Parliament elections, says Matthew Orman
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